Gwyer was educated at Highgate School from 1887-1892, Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He became an honorary student of Christ Church (1937), an honorary Data Control Language of Oxford (1939), Doctor of Laws of Travancore (1943) and Patna (1944), and Doctor of Letters of Delhi (1950).
He is credited with having founded the prestigious college Miranda House in the year 1948 in Delhi, India. He was appointed Central Bank (1921), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1928), KCSI (1935), and GCIE (1948). He died at his home, 14 Kepplestone, Eastbourne, Sussex, on 12 October 1952, and was buried at Street Marylebone cemetery, East Finchley, on 17 October.
Faber and Faber began as a firm in 1929.
However, its roots go back further – to The Scientific Press, which was founded in the early years of the 20th century. This last firm was owned by Sir Maurice and Lady Gwyer and derived much of its income from the weekly magazine The Nursing Mirror.
The Gwyers" desire to expand into trade publishing led them to Geoffrey Faber, a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and was founded in 1925. After four years, The Nursing Mirror was sold and Geoffrey Faber and the Gwyers agreed to go their separate ways.
Searching for a name with a ring of respectability, Geoffrey hit on the name Faber and Faber, although there was only ever one Faber.
